Today Microsoft announced 13 brand new titles made by independent developers for the [email protected] program; a program very close to my heart. Indie games are my favourite, you can find some amazing games that you wouldn’t normally have played or even known about due to the fact that they aren’t heavily advertised. The blood, sweat and tears gone into these games are phenomenal and I for one believe they are seriously under-appreciated. But enough about that, what’s been announced!?

“Beholder 2 (E-Home Entertainment/Alawar Premium Limited) – Announced Today for Xbox OneYou are a newly employed department officer within the Ministry of a totalitarian State. While you are poised to have an illustrious career and possibly become Prime Minister someday, the way up won’t be easy. So, how high up the career ladder will you climb? The choice is still yours to make!

Boomerang Fu (Cranky Watermelon Pty Ltd) – Announced Today for Xbox One & Windows 10Boomerang Fu is a frantic physics-based boomerang brawler for 1-6 players. Choose from an adorable cast of cheery food characters to slice and dice with boomerangs. Discover a ridiculous range of power-ups like wildfire, disguises and telekinesis. Stack them together between rounds to form dangerous combinations.

Dead Static Drive (Fanclub) – Announced Today for Xbox One, Xbox One X EnhancedGrand Theft Cthulhu. An existential road trip adventure game through a nightmare, nostalgic Americana world. Drive througha fictional USA, stopping in small towns, gas stations, and rundown city limits. What starts as a road trip evolves into a game of survival against a progressively oppressive world.

Door Kickers: Action Squad (Killhouse Games/PixelShard) – Announced Today for Xbox OneDoor Kickers: Action Squad is an old school side scroller with a touch of strategy and tactics on top of the ridiculous SWAT style action. Literally kick the doors down, blast the bad guys and rescue hostages in explosive Single Player and Coop Multiplayer – with Couch play included.

Mowin’ & Throwin’ (House Pixel Games) – Announced Today for Xbox OneMowin’ & Throwin’ is a surprisingly fun pure party game experience where you control lawn gnomes in a chaotic contest to wreck each other’s yards. Go head to head or team up with a real-life friend to take down your other friends.

StarCrossed (Whitethorn Digital/Contigo Games Inc.) – Announced Today for Xbox OneStarCrossed is an action arcade game with a magical girl aesthetic and a cooperative twist. Join our cast of 5 space-faring heroes as they travel from planet to planet, working together to strengthen their bond and defeat a looming evil that threatens the galaxy!

Stela (SkyBox Labs) – Announced Today for Xbox One & Windows 10, Xbox One X EnhancedStela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.

The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller) – Announced Today for Xbox One, Xbox One X EnhancedA re-imagining of the award-winning, critically acclaimed mod with over two million downloads on Xbox One and PC. Like Russian Doll or Groundhog Day in a mythological Roman city, where everyone will die again and again, unless you break the cycle. Cleverly exploit a time loop to solve an ancient mystery. Re-write history.

Totem Teller (Grinning Pickle) – Announced Today for Xbox One, Xbox One X EnhancedJoin a wandering muse in search of inspiration. Gather listeners and retell stories in beautiful, broken places. Recover lost folklore or discard it forever. These stories are yours. Truth is in the telling.

UnderMine (Thorium Entertainment) – Announced Today for Xbox One & Windows 10Raise up your pickaxe and delve deep into the UnderMine, uncovering its secrets, one peasant at a time. In this action-adventure roguelike, mine gold and discover new combinations of items to take on traps and monsters awaiting below. Rescue friends to unlock permanent upgrades and be the peasant that makes it out alive.

Unrailed! (Daedalic Entertainment/Indoor Astronaut) – Announced Today for Xbox One & Windows 10Unrailed! is a multiplayer co-op game where you work together with your friends to gather resources and build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!”

-https://news.xbox.com

So, lots to feast our eyes on! Not too much information on these titles just yet but I cannot wait to hear more! Be excited, I am.